Steve Ruiz
Match Game
Artist Statement: Match Game
I have always found beauty and inspiration in small and seemingly insignificant items. Take an ordinary wooden match for instance; it’s not generally an object that invokes amazement or even a moment of thought. A match is just almost too tiny to bother considering, and at first glance, a collection of matches seems like just a bunch of wooden sticks. But closer inspection reveals that each one is an individual. And a burnt match, one that has fulfilled its purpose, is a match that has been shaped and formed in a way that is unique to it alone. The burning produces features, character, and personality, just as the experiences that we undergo in life forms our unique physical and psychological traits. In creating a match that is roughly 96 times larger than life-size, I invite the viewer to enjoy and contemplate the way that an ordinary object can become a metaphor for the human experience.
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Match 1